A small flat-bottomed boat.

A flat-bottomed boat. Also a boat-load. In quot. 1890: = fire float n. See also fishing-float n.

A boat with a flat bottom. Cf. flat-boat, n. 1 and bottom, n. 4.

Apparently: a small boat or barge; (also) a type of bumboat. Cf. tumbril boat n. at compounds 2. Obsolete.

A broad flat-bottomed boat, used for transport, esp. in shallow waters.

a flat-bottomed boat or barge (cf. sense 4); (also) a boat used for carrying military equipment and supplies (cf. sense 1c).

A tub; esp. a shallow oval tub. Also attrib. turnel boat n. see quot. 1688.

Something broad and shallow. A broad, flat-bottomed boat.

‘A ship with a flat floor’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867).

A flat-bottomed boat.